World Languages Year-End Reflection Activity

The end of the year is a great time for students to reflect on their learning. This is especially important in a year as unusual as this one where students experienced very different types of learning environments. Your students have all accomplished things when it comes to their language learning, and this activity gives them a chance to celebrate those victories and reflect on areas to improve.  

This activity can be modified for any language (or content area!) and can be scaffolded to help novice students use target language in a simple way to reflect, or they can reflect in English. 

Students can be creative in the format they choose for their assignment so it represents their personality. 

Example formats:

• Instagram or Facebook story
• Google Slides or Powerpoint
• Flipgrid (or other) video
• Powtoon
• Animoto
• Sway

Step 1

Students choose three examples of work to highlight for the school year:

1. Example of something you completed that you are proud of
2. Example of something you want to improve
3. Example of something that was really fun to do
    

Step 2

Students compile their examples in a format appropriate for their presentation - pictures, videos, screenshots, etc.

Step 3

Students create their presentation with written or oral commentary about the examples. The amount and type of commentary will vary according to the student’s proficiency level. See scaffolding below.

Step 4

Students share the presentation with the class, a partner, or a small group.

To scaffold for novice learners:

• Using some of the 10% English time for reflection can be valuable for novice students. 
• To stay in the target language, provide sentence stems to students.
• Ask students for simple like/dislike statements about their examples.
• Ask students to say how they feel about the work they did.
  

To scaffold for intermediate learners

• Students may still need some help with vocabulary specific to reflection.
• Ask students to expand on why they chose the examples they did.
• Have students talk about the experience of completing the assignment.
   

To scaffold for advanced learners

• Ask students to talk about what they would do differently for one of the assignments.
• Have students compare their work from one time in the school year to another time.